Gran, with her solitary tooth, was a bit like Nanny McPhee

Patricia Eaton, nee Kemp, of Littleover, shares fond memories of her West End great-grandmother
MY great-grandmother, Alice Mellor, lived in Nuns Street, Derby, opposite the Three Nuns Inn, which she opportunistically visited, when she could afford it, to fill her jug with beer.
Gran had black hair, peppered grey, which was plaited and pulled back in a bun and, to me, she was very small and old.
All her teeth were missing, except for one front tooth and she might today remind me of a really old Nanny McPhee. Her pinafore was her constant uniform. I loved to visit Gran because she was a very... read more

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